12 On the Ring Money of the Celte. 
In the Memoir lately published by the Ordnance Surveyors, mention is made, from 
the Irish Annals, of many rings having been presented by the princes of Ireland to 
the corb or successor of St. Columbkill, In 1151, Cooly O’Flynn presented one 
weighing two ounces, and another in 1153, of one ounce. In 1004, Brian Bor- 
roihme presented to the altar at Armagh, a ring of gold weighing 20 ounces. It is 
obseryed that all these are described of equal weight in ownces. Such passages are of 
yery frequent occurrence in the Irish Annals. 
This is of brass, and is the first variation or change from the perfect circle ; it is 
larger than the largest of the perfect brass rings: it was cast, and they are found in 
very great quantities together in bogs ; the points are flat. 
This is also of brass, but larger than the last specimen which it much resembles, 
but the points are larger and at a greater distance, with flat surfaces. It is obviously 
a progressive and farther deviation from the perfect circle, as the weight and value 
increased. Its diameter is somewhat more than two and a-half inches. An immense 
number of these, many thousands, as many as loaded a large cart, were found in a 
kind of tumulus, in the county of Monaghan, a few years since. They were sold for 
old brass, which is the general fate of the brazen articles found in Ireland. One spe- 
cimen, of which the above is a representation, is preserved in the museum of George 
Petrie, Esq. 
This specimen is of gold, and weighed 4 0z. 16 dwts.; it was found, about two 
years since, with ten others, under a large stone in the County of Mayo. They were 
sold to Alderman West of Dublin, who sent them to me for inspection and to have 
drawings made. ‘This has more of the circle than the last specimen, but varies in 
having the points of a concaye or cup-like shape. 
